Meanings of foreign captains in English

They hold very high commands, and, indeed, our armies in the field are frequently commanded by foreign captains.

Soldiers with AK-47s, under orders to prevent cheating on manifests, now board tankers to accompany cargo inspectors, rattling foreign captains and crews.

And now I, the last of the stock, dwelt with a miserly mother's uncle who did shipwright's work for the foreign captains.

Foreign captains frequently force their men to desert them, in order to save their keep and back pay.